Essentials of utilization-focused evaluation
By: Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412977418
Subjects: Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Step 1. assess and build program and organizational readiness for utilization-focused evaluation; title: Step 2. assess and enhance evaluator readiness and competence to undertake a utilization-focused evaluation; title: Step 3. identify, organize, and engage primary intended users : the personal factor; title: Step 4. situation analysis conducted jointly with primary intended users; title: Step 5. identify and prioritize primary intended uses by determining priority purposes; title: Step 6. consider and build in process uses if and as appropriate; title: Step 7. focus priority evaluation questions; title: Step 8. check that fundamental areas for evaluation inquiry are being adequately addressed : implementation, outcomes, and attribution questions; title: Step 9. determine what intervention model or theory of change is being evaluated; title: Step 10. negotiate appropriate methods to generate credible findings that support intended use by intended users; title: Step 11. make sure intended users understand potential methods controversies and their implications; title: Step 12. simulate use of findings : evaluation's equivalent of a dress rehearsal; title: Step 13. gather data with ongoing attention to use; title: Step 14. organize and present the data for interpretation and use by primary intended users : analysis, interpretation, judgment, and recommendations; title: Step 15. prepare an evaluation report to facilitate use and disseminate significant findings to expand influence; title: Step 16. follow up with primary intended users to facilitate and enhance use; title: Step 17. metaevaluation of use : be accountable, learn, and improve.